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Attacks on Aqaba and Elate:
Rethinking
Security Threats in the Region?
Gamal
Abdel Gawad Soltan
3
August 2010
The rockets that have been fired on both,
Aqaba in Jordan
and Elate in Israel
may be an indication to the appearance of novel threats
affecting the security of the region . The significance of
these particular targets
lies in their strategic positioning on the borders of
four major player states: Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi
Arabia, which some argue could possibly lead to more head-on
cooperation between states with regards to matters of peace and
security. However, it remains mostly probable that heightened
levels of tension and hostility will remain, leading us back to
the all-too-familiar back and forth allegations between the
respective states. Concerns about inter-state relations within
the region also do not stray far away from issues of sovereignty
as the states involved begin to demonstrate concerns over their
neighbors’ national security apparatuses, quickly bringing
about fears of external meddling with, close to sacred internal
security affairs.
Further significance
of these attacks lies in the seemingly underlying motive to
bring current diplomatic and political developments in the
region to a halting stop. The attack took place only a few days
following a coordinated visit of the Saudi Prince and the
Syrian President to Beirut; a visit revealing the extent to
which Saudi Arabia and Syria are willing to collaborate in the
latest Beirut talks aimed at recuperating Lebanese national
interests; an optimistic view that, although upheld by some, is
certainly not shared by other parts of Lebanon’s sect-divided
population. That is, although Sunni leaders along with Prime
Minister Saad Al Hariry and his proponents might be able to see
light at the end of the tunnel in this case, others such as
Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasr Allah seem to strictly view these
talks as bringing more troublesome waters their way,
particularly as Syrian leaders shift their position from solid
Hizbyullah allies to adopting the role of the more tolerant
mediators between the ravaged Lebanese sects.
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Arabic
Strategic Report
is considered the first regular annual report
published by the center since 1985
. The report aims at forming a new model for strategic thinking,
suitable for tackling issues of the Arab world, and the formerly
labeled Third World
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Strategic
Economic Directions:
The Report of Strategic Economic Trends comes as a
reflection of the extreme importance of economy as a decisive
component since the end of the World War II, in the modern
collective strength of any country compared to the other world
countries
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State
of Religion Directions
State of Religion Report
presents a comprehensive view of Religions in Egypt, examining
their various institutional structures, codes of beliefs,
interactions, and the role of religion as a behavioral
determinant.
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Consolidating Arab-Korean Partnership in the 21st Century
CONRAD- Cairo
Wednesday, 1-12-2010
The Center for
International Cooperation and Strategy (CICS) and the Al-Ahram
Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) jointly organizing the seventh
round for the Arab – Middle Dialogue forum. The forum is
sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The theme of this round is “Consolidating
Arab-Korean Partnership in the 21st Century”. The
forum serve as a platform for experts, government officials, and
businessmen from both the Arab World and Korea to exchange
views and opinions regarding current issues of concern for both
sides. In particular, this year’s forum addresses various
political, economic, and cultural issues focusing on ways to
achieve substantive and closer mutual understanding between the
Arab World and Korea
in the aftermath of the international financial crisis of 2008.
Al Ahram Center for Political and
Strategic Studies (ACPSS), in collaboration with the German
Information Center of the German Embassy Cairo (DZ), is holding a
seminar entitled: "Twenty Years of German Unity: Prospects
for Arab-German Cooperation". The seminar, which comes in
the framework of the Arab-German Forum for Dialogue sponsored by
ACPSS and DZ, will be held on Sunday November 7th, 6-8pm in
Ibrahim Nafie Auditorium, Al Ahram New building, followed by a
reception.
*Reviving the Middle East Peace Process
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World 2020
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Al-Ahram Strategic File:
Al-Ahram Strategic File has been a monthly
periodical since January 1995. It presents in-depth analyses for
the most important current events on the Egyptian, Arab, and
international arenas which are of particular interest to
specialized experts, research centers, and Arab and foreign
diplomats.
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Strategic Paper:
ACPSS has been issuing the Strategic Papers on
monthly basis since January 1991. The series provides
contemplative material about various challenges facing Egypt
and the Arab world and proposes alternative visions, policies and
choices for facing those challenges
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